
87th Tribal Art Auction
Non-European art from international private collections: Gabun masks and memorabilia from the Albert Schweitzer collection coming from the Emmy Martin estate. The second part of the Heinz Kolerski collection (1936-2012). Small figures and fetishes from the african collection of the german artist Günther Filla (1952-2015). Heddle pulleys coming from the collection Mona Etienne (ethnologist in the 1960s/70s). Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.
Highlights
- Lot 153
Sword
Ghana, AshantiHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 450 - Ghana, Akan / AshantiHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 800
- Lot 155
Hen
Ghana, AshantiAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 500 - Lot 156
Seated figure
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/KomalandBelgian Private Collection, Brussels (1988) Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 600 - Lot 157
Seated figure
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/KomalandHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 500 - Lot 158
Ritual object
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/KomalandHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 250 - Lot 159
Janus head, ~ 16th century
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/KomalandKetterer, Munich, 14 December 1991, lot 229 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 400 - Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komalanda) René David, Zurich, Switzerland a-c) Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 650
- Lot 161
Three head sculptures
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/KomalandHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 400 - Lot 162
Staff finial
Benin, FonBruno Dietrichs, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 February 2002, lot 234 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 450 - Lot 163
Currency
Nigeria, Angas/AfoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany (2005) Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 500 - Lot 164
Currency
Nigeria, Jukun/FulaniHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 400 - Lot 165
Headdress
Nigeria, UrhoboZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 192 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 600 - Lot 166
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu AranHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 1,600 - Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu AranHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 900
- Nigeria, Yoruba, OyoHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 400
- Lot 169
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, AjasseKetterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 267 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 450 - Nigeria, YorubaZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 12 May 2007, lot 315 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 350
- Lot 171
Oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyocollected in situ (1956-1958) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 450 - Lot 172
Tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 232 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 360 - Lot 173
Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaKetterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, lot 301 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 300 - Lot 174
Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, AbeokutaOld French Collection Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 600 - Lot 175
House of the head "ile ori"
Nigeria, YorubaKetterer, Munich, 8 April 1989, lot 164 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 500 - Lot 176
Fertility doll
Cameroon, NamchiHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 700 - Lot 177
Currency
Gabon, KweleAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 550 - D. R. Congo, Kuba/NgeendeHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 400
- D. R. Congo, IturiHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 700
- Rwanda, TutsiHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germanysold EUR 400
- Lot 181
Sword
North Africa, TuaregNorwood Fine Arts, Munich, Germanynot available anymore - Lot 182
Neckrest
Sudan, DinkaAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, Francesold EUR 600 - Lot 183
Mask "geh naw"
Liberia, BassaRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 12 December 1987, lot 59not available anymore - Lot 184
Helmet mask "gbetu"
Liberia, GolaPaul Descamps, Antwerp, Belgiumnot available anymore - Sierra Leone, MendeInge Hett, Berlin, Germany German Private Collectionsold EUR 500
- Sierra Leone, MendeAfrika 5, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germanysold EUR 350
- Lot 187
Big heddle pulley
Sierra Leone, MendeRoy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1970)not available anymore - Lot 188
Hammock bar, ca 1890/1900
Sierra Leone, MendeOld British Collectionnot available anymore - Guinea, KorankoBohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,800
- Lot 190
Anthropo-/zoomorphic mask
Guinea, TomaPaolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland American Private Collection, New Yorknot available anymore - Lot 191
Miniature mask
Guinea, TomaAmerican Private Collection, New Yorksold EUR 800 - Mali, Bamananot available anymore
- Mali, BamanaMatthias L. J. Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsnot available anymore
- Mali, BamanaLempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 22sold EUR 2,500
- Mali, BamanaHans Petereit, Cologne, Germanynot available anymore
- Mali, Bamanasold EUR 800
- Lot 197
Door lock
Mali, BamanaAmerican Private Collection, New Yorknot available anymore - Lot 198
Door lock
Mali, BamanaGaston Sully, Officer of the French Navy, collected in situ (~1935 -1940)sold EUR 500 - Mali, BamanaNils von der Heyde, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymore
- Mali, BozoStefan Herzog, Munich, Germanysold EUR 4,000
- Lot 201
Dog sculpture
Mali, Dogoncollected in situ (1960) French Industrial Collectionsold EUR 2,700 - Lot 203
Standing female figure
Mali, DogonJoan Oestreich Kend (died April 2016), New York, USA Mrs. Kends parents, Charles and Sophy Oestreich, began collecting art in the early 1950s. Their collection reflects a generations-long affinity for carefully curating beautiful works of art, including Impressionist and Modern Art, Chinese Works of Art, and Americana. Joan not only inherited works from her parents exquisite collection, she also inherited their passion for collecting and their appreciation for art in a variety of forms.sold EUR 2,000